[4] It was founded by Adrien Aumont and Romain Payet, the founders of French crowdfunding website KissKissBankBank.
[1] In January 2023, Midnight Trains revealed in its weekly newsletter that the company had secured rolling stock in December 2022.
[6] Later that month, the European Commission announced it would be supporting ten proposals, including a proposal from Midnight Trains for night-train service between Paris, Milan and Venice, as pilot projects involving cross-border rail service as part of efforts to improve international rail travel in Europe and encourage new cross-border rail connections to be created.
Midnight Trains was one of three companies with night-train service proposals on the EC's list, the others being European Sleeper and Snälltåget.
[7] Proposals for services between Edinburgh and Paris were dropped in late 2023, owing to complexities involved with running through the Channel Tunnel, including fire resistance of rolling stock and loading gauge concerns on the wider British network.